Open AccessLaser Power Measurement in Confined Spaces
Author(s) -
Klein Rolf,
Schwede Harald
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
laser technik journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1863-9119
pISSN - 1613-7728
DOI - 10.1002/latj.201600025
Subject(s) - laser , laser power scaling , power (physics) , flexibility (engineering) , computer science , optics , materials processing , laser beams , materials science , physics , engineering , mathematics , statistics , quantum mechanics , manufacturing engineering
A frequent measurement of the laser beam power ensures successful laser processing. Usually, laser systems have a display for laser power. But this display shows the laser power on the laser output and not the laser power at the processing zone. For material processing, it is important to know the effects of the beam guiding system and the processing head on the transmitted laser power. So a laser power measurement as close as possible to the processing zone is preferable. But in many cases, the accessibility of the processing zone is not given for conventional power sensors due to limited space. To enable a greater degree of flexibility, Primes has developed the laser measurement device Cube which will be described below.